BELLEFONTE –The Milroy man who plotted to attack State College Area High School earlier this year was sentenced in a Centre County courtroom on Tuesday.

Prosecutors said Braedon Phillips, 20, was arrested in April after being accused by authorities of planning a mass school shooting on April 21, one day after the 26th anniversary of the deadly Columbine High School shooting, according to a criminal complaint.

At Columbine High School, two teenage boys went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in suburban Denver on April 20, 1999. They shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded two dozen others before taking their own lives.

Phillips was sentenced to at least 165 days in jail, which he’s already served. After a plea agreement was approved by Judge Brian Marshall, Phillips was to be released from jail and remain under “intense supervision” by the Centre County Probation Department for five years. Inmate records showed he was paroled — with a status of “out of custody” — as of Tuesday afternoon.

According to the plea agreement, Phillips will not be permitted to possess weapons or reside where they are present, go within 100 feet of a school or have contact with witnesses. He will also be required to undergo mental health evaluation and follow-up treatment.

Philips pleaded guilty on Aug. 26 to one third-degree felony count of terroristic threats. Charges of conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful possession of a firearm will be dropped as part of the plea agreement.

He was arrested on April 11 after witnesses reported he had talked about carrying out a mass attack involving guns and explosives at State College Area High School.

Police allege Phillips had compiled a “hit list” and that the shooting would have taken place at around 8:40 a.m. — a high traffic time for students and staff — near the school’s main staircase. Officials allege Phillips planned to place bombs in the school bathrooms.

Phillips was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was being held without bond at the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte because he was deemed an “extreme danger to the community,” according to court records.

Authorities said that the investigation did not find any evidence Phillips was preparing to follow through on his threat.

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The Associated Press also contributed to this story.